Jordan News Archives

In a world where so many claim to value peace above all else, a recent anniversary passed with less attention than it deserved.

Foreign Ministry says group of pensioners from Ramat Gan evacuated to Jordanian hospitals after bus they were traveling on flipped over due to stormy weather.

Oct. 28--AMMAN -- US President Barack Obama has said the peace treaty signed 15 years ago between Jordan and Israel is a reminder that peace is always possible, despite obstacles that may seem impossible to overcome, the Associated Press reported from Washington.

Jordanian newspapers gave little or no mention to the 15th anniversary day since the signing of Israel and Jordan 's peace accord, which was ratified October 26, 1994 by the late King Hussein and late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin .

Dozens of Jordanian unionists in Amman set an Israeli flag on fire during a sit-in to mark the 15th anniversary of the peace treaty between Jordan and Israel on Monday.

The 370-megawatt combined cycle power plant, located 30 kilometres east of Amman, was built by AES Jordan PSC, a company owned by a consortium of AES Oasis Ltd.

Sitting in a cafe in an alley watching the crazyness of downtown Amman. Mint tea, felafel, homous and fuul and stack of bread and only 2JD - sure beats working.

AMMAN, Jordan - British oil giant BP PLC has signed several agreements potentially valued at up to $9 billion with Jordan to develop the country's Risheh natural gas field along its border with Iraq.

His Majesty King Abdullah delivers an address at the Jordanian-Italian Business Forum in Milan on Thursday ROME - Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania returned from a several-day state visit to Italy on Thursday, after attending the Jordanian-Italian Business Forum in Milan.

A man wanted on a warrant from Minnesota for alleged terror threats was arrested at O'Hare Airport Thursday night, police said.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie visit a SOS Children's Village in Amman, Jordan. The couple visited Jordan by invitation of Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, who is Honorary Chairman of SOS Children's Villages Jordan.

Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania on Wednesday visited the municipality of Rome, where they were received by Mayor Gianni Alemanno and his wife Isabella Rauti.

Iraqi refugee Rana Sabah, 37, right and her mother Soso Sabah play cards with friends at the al-Barjis restaurant in the old city of Damascus, Syria Tuesday Aug.

Ali, a 30-year-old Jordanian father of three, was without a job and desperate. A friend convinced him that selling one of his kidneys could improve conditions for his family and also save someone's life.

A group of Turkish mariners held for three months by Somali pirates said Monday that they endured hunger, cramped conditions on their anchored ship and constant, nerve-jangling gunplay by their abductors.

The Jordan Telecom Group announced Sunday that it will introduce the third generation service in Jordan in the first quarter of 2010.

Bodies of five Jordanian peacekeepers who died in a UN plane crash in the Caribbean country of Haiti arrived in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Wednesday.

AMMAN: Jordan sentenced 12 men to between 15 and 20 years in jail on Thursday for shooting at a group of Lebanese musicians and desecrating a church, judicial sources said.

Jordan's military court convicted 12 men Thursday of carrying out terrorist attacks on a Christian church and cemetery in the kingdom and sentenced them to between 15 and 20 years in jail.

Since I last saw him, a bit more than two years ago, streaks of gray have appeared in the hair of the 48-year-old Jordanian king.

Jordan Atomic Energy Commission chairman Khalid Touqan on Tuesday described as "encouraging" an offer presented to the government by French nuclear group Areva giant for the development of Jordan's nuclear energy programme.

Environmentalists concerned about the threat to its unique eco-system. Water levels in the lowest and saltiest body of water on the planet are falling by more than four feet a year, giving rise to quips that the Dead Sea is dying.

When caricature takes the place of dialogue, everyone suffers especially when it comes to understanding issues affecting women, who struggle worldwide against being silenced.

Space The damp side of the moon Doves fly against the backdrop of the moon in the Jordanian capital of Amman September 30, 2009.

AMMAN: Rival Palestinian factions are to sign a long-delayed reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 26, Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said yesterday after meeting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

The Jordanian foreign ministry on Sunday summoned the Israeli ambassador in Amman and handed him a strongly-worded protest over "recurrent violations" in East Jerusalem, which the Jewish state captured from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war, the official Petra news agency reported.

What they dona t mention is that the fan then promised not to detonate the bomb they had strapped to their chest.

After visiting Iraqi refugees in Syria to raise awareness of their plight, Brad Pitt and Angelina returned to Amman Jordan, where they were spotted at a local ice cream parlor, Licky Licious, with their 15-month old twins, Knox and Vivienne.

I'm in Jordan riding Arabian horses in the Wadi Rum desert with Bedouins, visiting Petra, snorkeling in Aqaba, interviewing HRH Princess Alia at the Royal Stables and more.